Panel discussion before an audience. Part of a campaign by The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force and Program to reduce the historic stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness. Features author Kathy Cronkite and Rod Steiger sharing their personal experiences of coping with depression and suicidal thoughts. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter stresses the need for public education to combat prejudice against the mentally ill. Presenters take questions from the audience and talk about the stigma of mental illness.Ler mais...

Title on cassette label: Conversation at the Carter Center: coping with the stigma of mental illness.Produced for the Carter Center Mental Health Task Force and Program by VanDerKloot Film and Television, Atlanta, Ga.

Coping with the stigma of mental illnessConversation at The Carter Center

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produced and directed by William VanDerKloot.

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Panel discussion before an audience. Part of a campaign by The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force and Program to reduce the historic stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness. Features author Kathy Cronkite and Rod Steiger sharing their personal experiences of coping with depression and suicidal thoughts. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter stresses the need for public education to combat prejudice against the mentally ill. Presenters take questions from the audience and talk about the stigma of mental illness.

"Panel discussion before an audience. Part of a campaign by The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force and Program to reduce the historic stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness. Features author Kathy Cronkite and Rod Steiger sharing their personal experiences of coping with depression and suicidal thoughts. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter stresses the need for public education to combat prejudice against the mentally ill. Presenters take questions from the audience and talk about the stigma of mental illness."@en